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Dear colleagues,

We find ourselves in the midst of another strike at York. This time, we think it can be different.
With journalists, academics and academic associations across the country (and beyond) speaking
out about the dangers of ever-increasing budget cutbacks to higher education, and the
deteriorating conditions for so many that work in this setting, these issues are in the public eye.
Strikers have the support of the public. Let's make sure they have the support of the faculty.

313 YUFA members have signed a statement expressing solidarity with CUPE 3903 (see text
below). The statement, which is open for additional signatures, emphasizes that full time and
contract faculty share a number of common interests: better teaching and learning environments,
including fair compensation for RAs, GAs, and TAs who work and study; just compensation and
job security for the contract faculty that teach more than half our undergraduate courses; and
strengthened university governance, collegiality and academic freedom.

64% of undergraduate teaching at York is carried out by underpaid and overworked contract
faculty, while student tuition is rising at unprecedented rates. Based on available data, since
2006, tuition has increased 42% for domestic students, while for international students, it has
risen by more than 50%. CUPE won the indexing of their pay to tuition increases in 1998, and
are threatened with losing it in this contract. All units of CUPE face increasingly oppressive
conditions for studying and teaching and the dispiriting knowledge that they bear
disproportionate loss in budget planning.

It is very important that York University hears our individual and collective voices in relation to
these trends. Please add your name to the statement of solidarity, and help mobilize to get the
signatures of your colleagues.

If you want to add your signature, please send your name to Jody Berland <jberland@yorku.ca>
and Ricardo Grinspun <ricardo@yorku.ca>. So as to avoid more inbox clutter, please send name
additions and minor points directly to us (including suggestions to improve the statement), and
let's keep lists for substantive discussion. If you have indicated your support and your name is
not in the list, or if there is an inaccuracy, do let us know.

All the best,


Jody and Ricardo

OPEN STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FROM YUFA MEMBERS

We the undersigned members of YUFA, representing full time faculty at York, express our full
public support for the striking workers of CUPE 3903. It is clear that CUPE 3903 at York and
3902 at U of T are both struggling against the growth in poorly paid contingent and contract
labour in universities, a trend that threatens tenure-stream faculty and the institution in myriad
ways.

While Ontario has the worst per-student funding formulas in Canada, York has the worst
proportional ratio of tenure track hires in Ontario. The growth in contingent labour in the
academy contributes directly to the undermining of YUFA work, as our numbers decrease in
proportion to the number of students and the research, governance and graduate teaching needs
of the university.

In addition to harming the teaching and learning environment, the expansion of academic
insecurity more broadly harms the university as a public institution, with its chilling effects on
faculty governance, collegiality, and academic freedom. The rise of contingent faculty is further
developing in tandem with the bloating of senior administration and salaries. Our two unions -CUPE 3903 and YUFA -- stand together in opposing these trends. We call upon the university to
negotiate fairly and respectfully and to resolve the strike equitably in the interest of our teachers
and students.

Signatories (as of March 8, 2015, 10:00 pm):

Teresa
Gamal
Anna M.
Farah
Greg
Joan
Sabah
Pat
Alireza

Abbruzzese
Abdel-Shehid
Agathangelou
Ahmad
Albo
Allen
Alnaseri
Armstrong
Asgharzadeh

MarieChristine
Aim B.
Ibrahim
Harjeet
Isabella
Ian
Annemarie
Amlie
Sarah
Tereza
Ranu
Jon
Sylvia
Dawn
Margaret E.
Shannon
Jody
Guillaume
Georges
Ulrich
Kym
Katherine
Marcus
Philippe
Martin
Deborah
Stephen
Mauro
Donald
Barbara
Mora
Eduardo
Donald L.
Sheila
P.
Christopher
Chris
Lily
Matthew
Colin

Aubin
Avolonto
Badr
Badwall
Bakker
Balfour
Barnes
Barras
Barrett
Barta
Basu
Baturin
Bawa
Bazely
Beare
Bell
Berland
Bernardi
Brub
Best
Bird
Bischoping
Boon
Bourdin
Breaugh
Brock
Brooke
Buccheri
Burke
Cameron
Campbell
Canel
Carveth
Cavanagh
Chan
Chapman
Cho
Clark
Coates

Rina
George
Diana
Marc
Natalie
Cheryl
Warren
Alison
Raju
Tania
Elizabeth
Deborah
Megan J.
William
Susan
David
Susan
Lisa
John
Susan
Christo
Denielle
Sesil
Lorna
Jose
Barbara
Geoffrey
Esther
Caitlin
Stephen H.
Honor
Scott
Jennifer
Gail
Michael
Amber
Sakis
Liette
Wenona
Stephen
Amanda

Cohen
Comninel
Cooper-Clark
Coroux
Coulter
Cowdy
Crichlow
Crosby
Das
Das Gupta
Dauphinee
Davidson
Davies
Denton
Dion
Doorey
Driver
Drummond
Dwyer
Ehrlich
El Morr
Elliott
Erdogan
Erwin
Etcheverry
Evans
Ewen
Fine
Fisher
Ford
Ford-Smith
Forsyth
Foster
Fraser
Friendly
Gazso
Gekas
Gilbert
Giles
Gill
Glasbeek

Terry
Luin
David
Mark
Rachel
Andil
Laurence
Michael
John
Ricardo
Altana
Shubhra
Ellen
Ratiba
Jan
Laam
Nancy Davis
Barbara
Eve
Jin
Philip
Sharon
Lyse
Terry
Judy
Stephen
Rob
Philip
Teresa
Asher
Hernan
Jennifer
Pablo
Susan
Stanley
William
Cameron
Janet
Jan
Hong
Ilan

Goldie
Goldring
Goldstein
Goodman
Gorman
Gosine
Green
Greyeyes
Greyson
Grinspun
Guia
Gururani
Gutterman
Hadj-Moussa
Hadlaw
Hae
Halifax
Hanson
Haque
Haritaworn
Harland
Hayashi
Hbert
Heinrichs
Hellman
Hellman
Heynen
Hoffman
Holmes
Horowitz
Humana
Hyndman
Idahosa
Ingram
Jeffers
Jenkins
Johnston
Jones
Kainer
Kal
Kapoor

Eva C.
Ali
Magdalena
Peggy
Roger
Philip
Kamala
Robert
Gerald
Sean
Janice
Stefan
Andrea
Ildiko
Christina
Sailaja
Avron
Fuyuki
Hannes
Sam
Suzanne
Robert
Yam
Bonita
James
Richard
Becky
Ute
Laura
Nina
Joel
Shanna
Carla
Kenneth
Jaime
Rodney
Brenda
Stephen
Libby
Meg

Karpinski
Kazimi
KazubowskiHouston
Keall
Keil
Kelly
Kempadoo
Kenedy
Kernerman
Kheraj
Kim
Kipfer
Kosavic
Kovacs
Kraenzle
Krishnamurti
Kulak
Kurasawa
Lacher
Lanfranco
Langlois
Latham
Lau
Lawrence
Laxer
Leblanc
Lee
Lehrer
Levin
Levitt
Lexchin
Lino
Lipsig-Mumme
Little
LLambias-Wolff
Loeppky
Longfellow
Longstaff
Lunstrum
Luxton

Willem
Marcia
Robert
Margaret
Teresa
Heather
Neal
Terry
Guida
Nancy
Janine
Alina
Aryn
Ian
Emiro
John
Carlota
John
Pat
Gillian
Susan
Wendy
David
David
Merouan
Gertrude
Jacinthe
Michael
Radhika
Felipe
Esteve
Gabriele
Arun
Nick
Carmela
David
Karen
Bridget
Marcello
Natasha
Eric

Maas
Macaulay
MacDermid
MacDonald
Macias
MacRae
Madras
Maley
Man
Mandell
Marchessault
Marquez
Martin
Martin
Martinez-Osorio
Mayberry
McAllister
McCullough
McDermott
McGillivray
McGrath
McKeen
McNab
McNally
Mekouar
Mianda
Michaud
Michie
Mongia
Montoya
Morera
Mueller
Mukherjee
Mul
Murdocca
Murray
Murray
Musto
Myers
Mykhalovskiy

Janice
Nancy
Michael
Shobna
Jonathan
Bobby
Naomi
Anne
Mona G.
Andrea
Michael
Deborah
Leo
Hyun Ok
Viviana
Mark
Linda
Elizabeth
Roberto
P.E.
Nalini
Kelly
Dennis
Sergei
Carolyn
Justin
Maurice
Ann
B. P.
Norene
Saeed
Indhu
Dennis
Geoffrey
Art
Darryl
Markus
Ester
Karen
Nick
Sylvie

Newton
Nicol
Nijhawan
Nijhawan
Nitzan
Noble
Norquay
O'Connell
Oikawa
O'Reilly
Ornstein
Orr
Panitch
Park
Patroni
Peacock
Peake
Pentland
Perin
Perkins
Persram
Pike
Pilon
Plekhanov
Podruchny
Podur
Poon
Porter
Powe
Pupo
Rahnema
Rajagopal
Raphael
Reaume
Redding
Reed
Reisenleitner
Reiter
Robson
Rogers
Rosienski-Pellerin

Stephanie
Amy
Robin
Don
Nick
Anne
Anders
Leslie
Cate
Jan
Richard
Gabriele
Marlis
Sonya
Victor
Khatereh
Joel
James
Brian
Hira
Lisa
Bruce
Brenda
Anne
Glenn
Karen
Jennifer A.
Martha
Bill
David
Yvette
Patrick
Matthew
Mark
Temenuga
David
Steven
Dorin
Karen
Peter
Gail

Ross
Rossiter
Roth
Rubin
Ruest
Russon
Sandberg
Sanders
Sandilands
Sapp
Saunders
Scardellato
Schweitzer
Scott
Shea
Sheibani
Shore
Simeon
Singer
Singh
Sloniowski
Smardon
Spotton Visano
St. Onge
Stalker
Stanworth
Stephen
Stiegman
Swanson
Szablowski
Szmidt
Taylor
Tegelberg
Thomas
Trifonova
Trotman
Tufts
Uritescu
Valihora
Vandergeest
Vanstone

Jim
Livy
Usha
Leah
Colleen
Philip
Duff R.
Andy
Richard
Kimberly
Walter
Agnes
Sandra
Deane
Daphne
Ted
Howard
Lesley
Douglas
Suzie
Anna

Vernon
Visano
Viswanathan
Vosko
Wagner
Walsh
Waring
Weaver
Weisman
White
Whiteley
Whitfield
Whitworth
Williams
Winland
Winslow
Wiseman
Wood
Young
Young
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